diff --git a/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt b/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt
index ba884bdee74..fa1912213a7 100644
--- a/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt
+++ b/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ Enter the admin site
 ====================
 
 Now, try logging in. (You created a superuser account in the first part of this
-tutorial, remember?) You should see the Django admin index page:
+tutorial, remember?  If you didn't create one or forgot the password you can 
+:ref:`create another one <topics-auth-creating-superusers>`.) You should see 
+the Django admin index page:
 
 .. image:: _images/admin02t.png
    :alt: Django admin index page
diff --git a/docs/topics/auth.txt b/docs/topics/auth.txt
index 88379459ea8..7858e449621 100644
--- a/docs/topics/auth.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/auth.txt
@@ -398,6 +398,8 @@ In practice, you probably won't need to use
 :class:`~django.contrib.auth.models.AnonymousUser` objects on your own, but
 they're used by Web requests, as explained in the next section.
 
+.. _topics-auth-creating-superusers:
+
 Creating superusers
 -------------------